Science Fiction

Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Equal parts of adventure and humor abound in this episodic science fiction novel.

Asimov, Isaac. Fantastic Voyage
Scientists are reduced to microscopic size and injected into the body of a dying man.

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451
Set in the future, book reading has become a crime.

Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Game
Ender Wiggin attempts to save Earth from attacks by aliens.

Christopher, John. The White Mountains
The Tripods, huge, three-legged machines, capture humans and make them docile servants, but Will Parker and his companions make a dangerous journey to escape.

Clarke, Arthur C. Childhood's End
The overlords' arrival on Earth marks the beginning of the end for mankind.

Crichton, Michael. Jurassic Park
Genetic engineered dinosaurs cause havoc on an island off Costa Rica.

Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
In Zimbabwe, in 2194, three siblings are kidnapped and three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Hidden
In the future, where the Population police enforce the law by limiting a family to only two children, Luke must live in hiding until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

Herbert, Frank. Dune
A portrayal of an alien society set in the desert planet of Arrakis.

Hill, Douglas. Exiles of Colsec
Five young rebels must struggle to survive on an alien planet.

Hoover, H.M. This Time of Darkness
Although both know it is forbidden, Amy and Axel hope that by following the countless ramps leading upward they can escape from their filthy, subterranean world.

Jacobs, Paul Samuel. Born Into Light
When a number of feral children are found in a New England town, only a young boy suspects they are not earthly creatures.

Klause, Annette Curtis. Alien Secrets
A girl encounters many adventures in the middle if an intergalactic journey.

Lasky, Kathryn. Star Split
In 3038, Darci uncovers an underground movement to save the human race from genetic enhancement technology.

Lawrence, Louise. Dream Weaver
Using her psychic talents, an apprentice dream-weaver learns that human colonists aboard a spaceship plan to settle on her peaceful planet.

L'Engle, Madeline. A Wrinkle in Time
Three young people transcend time to rescue their father.

Lowry, Lois. The Giver
Jonas discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

McCaffrey, Anne. The Renegades of Pern
No one was safe from the renegades of Pern and especially Aramina, the girl who heard dragons.

Nelson, O.T. The Girl Who Owned a City
When a plague sweeps over the earth killing everyone except children under twelve, ten-year-old Lisa organizes a group to rebuild a new way of life.

O'Brien, Robert. Z for Zachariah
A young girl thinks she is the only survivor of a nuclear holocaust but then a sinister man appears.

Paulsen, Gary. The Transall Saga
While backpacking in the desert, Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a primitive world.

Rubinstein, Gillian. Galax-Arena
Three young people are kidnapped and transported to another planet where they must perform death-defying stunts.

Shusterman, Neal. Downsiders
Two teens meet and experience the clash of their cultures. Beneath the sewer gates and manholes is the secret world called the Downside.

Sleator, William. Interstellar Pig
Barney's boring seaside vacation becomes more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by 3 exotic neighbors addicted to a game called Interstellar Pig.

Sleator, William. The Duplicate
David finds a strange machine that replicates living organisms, including himself.

Sleator, William. House of Stairs
Five sixteen year-old orphans are subjected to experiments in a house of stairs.

Stevermer, Caroline. River Rats
After a nuclear disaster, 6 orphans live on an old paddle wheeler and then are threatened by a menacing fugitive.

Wells, H.G. The Time Machine
A classic novel of time-travel.